On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 2:50 AM, Vivec <gel21...@gmail.com> wrote: > Your views that Europe is 'poorer' for their socialist policies is skewed. > European countries are ranked far higher than the United States with regard to > the quality of life of their citizens on all internationally accepted metrics.
Greece is in the toilet right now and whole chunks of Europe could be headed there soon, not because of anything the US did but because of their own economic and social policies over a very long period of time. > The recession which was CAUSED by the United States and its regulatory > policies has brought untold hardship for many nations. > But it was caused by the United States, not by Europe. Too simple to blame only the US for a global financial meltdown. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:324530 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm